2026 Stitch Sampler Scrapghan CAL – Part 9: Berry Stitch

Welcome to Week 9 of the 2026 Stitch Sampler Scrapghan Crochet Along! 🌸 This week we’re adding a fun, textured favorite to our blanket—the Berry Stitch.

If you love stitches with dimension and personality, you’re going to love this one. The Berry Stitch creates small raised “berries” across the fabric, adding playful texture that fits beautifully into our flower and garden–inspired theme.

Crochet Along Schedule Reminder

This is a FREE crochet along with no official sign-up required. Each week, a new stitch section is released so you can add to your blanket little by little.

• 🗓 Starts: January 9, 2026
• 📅 New sections: Every Friday
• 🧵 Final week: Border to finish the blanket

Feel free to crochet at your own pace—catch up anytime!

GET ALL THE CROCHET ALONG DETAILS HERE

About the Berry Stitch

The Berry Stitch forms little rounded bumps that pop slightly off the surface of your project. It’s a wonderful way to add texture without making the fabric too heavy.

Why this stitch is perfect for our sampler:

• 🍓 Fun, raised texture
• 🌿 Adds contrast to flatter stitch sections
• 🧶 Great practice for tension control
• ✨ Visually interesting but easy to master

This stitch brings a bit of whimsy to the blanket—like tiny berries tucked into our crocheted garden.

Ready to Crochet Part 9?

Grab your yarn and let’s add the Berry Stitch to your sampler blanket! 🍓🧶
This playful, textured section adds such fun personality to the blanket, and I can’t wait to see your berries pop.

Happy crocheting! 💕

Part 9 – the Berry Stitch

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Materials
worsted weight acrylic (I used Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn)
J/6.0 mm hook
yarn needle
scissors

Level
intermediate

Pattern notes & stitches to know
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
BS – berry stitch – yarn over, insert hook into stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through 1 loop on hook, yarn over, insert hook into stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through all 5 loops on hook
rs – right side
ws – wrong side

· written in US terms

· ch 1 does not count as sc

· This stitch requires a starting chain that is an odd number

Scrapghan Tips

· This blanket will use different hook sizes depending on the stitch. Some stitches work up tighter than others. Even with changing hook sizes, the blanket will not have completely straight edges.

· Feel free to adjust your hook size according to how you crochet.

· This blanket requires a foundation row that is a multiple of 24 + 2.

· The starting chain requirement for this particular stitch is given in the pattern notes (this may or may not match what was used for the entire blanket). This is just a note given for use of this stitch in other projects, not for this blanket.

· Each part starts over at row 1 of that stitch. Be sure to place a stitch marker and the last stitch of each part to mark where the next part begins.

PART 9 – BERRY STITCH

Row 1 (rs): ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across (146 sc)

Row 2 (ws): ch 1, turn, sc in first stitch, BS in next, *sc in next stitch, BS in next* repeat from * to * across to last 2 stitches, sc in last 2 (146)

Row 3 (rs): ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across (146 sc)

Row 4 (ws): ch 1, turn, sc in first 2 stitches, *BS in next, sc in next* repeat from * to * across (146)

Row 5 (rs) – Row 9 (rs): repeat rows 1 – 4, ending with a sc row

Fasten off.

Place a stitch marker in the last row of this section

See you next week for Part 10!

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